How Do We Preserve Pineywoods Cattle 500 Year-Old Instincts?

How Do We Preserve Pineywoods Cattle 500 Year-Old Instincts?

A friend of mine asked me on Saturday: “Have you ever noticed the pineywoods grazing on acorns ? Some folks I was talking to today at the market said acorns will mess up the cows gut. I was surprised to hear that !”
 
My friend Chris Dorsey at Red Wolf Farms has seen his Pineywoods herd eat acorns. They don’t eat many. A few years ago there was a flurry of panic from farmers saying some of their Angus had died from eating acorns. I’ve heard the same about Angus dying from eating wild cherry. Our Pineywoods only eat the green leaves of wild cherry, the cyanide is much higher in the wilted leaves.

If your cattle can’t survive in nature maybe you should be asking yourselves if you’re doing something wrong - Chris Dorsey | Creek Nation

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